12 First char­ac­ter

Now I lay in the first char­ac­ter. She should be clearly vis­i­ble among the dark­ness and all the lit­tle trin­kets that she’s put up, so I make sure she’s one of the bright­est points in the paint­ing. I also cre­ate a cast shadow of the char­ac­ter to ac­cen­tu­ate her lighter sil­hou­ette against the dark­ness that the shadow cre­ates. This also helps to push the smaller de­tails back.